Diego Souza is coming to Benfica finally after his season loan at Flamengo.
He has still got a 4 year deal left on his contract with Benfica so he is one for the future.
Flamengo wanted to extend his loan contract until the end of December but Benfica refused.
He is an U20 Brazil international and he took part at the U20 World Cup last year.
He is apparently a very physical player standing at 186cm and 89kgs.

Hopefully he is pretty good I can't wait to see him play


Basically he has two weeks to prove himself to be worthy of the Benfica first team.

i cant wait to see him ion action ive heard promising things about him.

Well Diego Souza has been on loan at Gremio this season. I have not seen him play but I heard he has been doing fantastic. They are into the quarter finals of the Libertadores Cup and he has been scoring a few goals apparently. Keep an eye out for him... Hopefully we can see him at SLB next season

i only saw this guy play once. in the copa match against Sao paulo where he scored the goal to sent them through, he had a good game overall. the thing was he wasnt playing as a dm.

Seems like next season should be good with all the loans coming back to us.

Well I got the latest news on him....
Striker??? I thought this guy was a defensive midfielder.

Who cares? Benfica needs strikers! If he reckons he can do a job up there, then by all means allow him to, bring him in next season and let's see if we can get something happening up front. Especially with Miccoli's future uncertain, we need to make certain a forward who can score somewhat regularly, as in, often regularly, not Nuno Gomes regularly.

Nah he's not playing as a striker, man, sports media is getting worse and worse.

He plays in the midfield. Gremio plays with Tuta and C.Eduardo up front (mediocre players). Diego Souza is a good player but nothing amazing. He is strong and can turn when playing on the sides, which apparently is his best position. He can score eventually as well.

He cannot play as a DM, or CMF, he doesn't have the attention and work rate for that.

Thanks Gremista for giving us some insight much appreciated

Amen. So if this guy isn't a striker or DMF or CMF what on Earth is he?

Excellent question!

Exactly.

He is a kind of AM, playing on the sides. Perhaps a kind of winger. Difficult to define, which is part of his limitations actually.

So basically he's crap

Well, Karagounis seems like that type of guy who plays in various parts of midfield. Maybe this Diego could replace Karagounis since the Greek is getting older.

Diego Souza scores again and leads Gremio to the Libertadores final...as discussed previously in this thread he was a defensive mid when he came to Benfica but now he is playing attacking mid. Surely he deserves a place in our squad if Beto has been in it for that past few years







Put him as striker...can Nuno Gomes do that?

i said at the start of the season we should of kept him because he is a great talent. He better come back to us.

When is his loand deal over?

Here is the deal with Diego Souza. He's now playing as an AM. Gremio plays with 2 attackers (C.Eduardo and Tuta) and D.Souza coming from the middle. Right after passing the ball to D.Souza for the Gremio goal - first half, C.Eduardo left the game injured and D.Souza was all alone up front (since Tuta was injured and Amoroso was suspended - the 3rd sub is a joke).

Still, Diego Souza was heart and skill and if weren't for Santos GK he'd have scored the second goal in a counter.

But, his edge is, as you can see in the above video, that play on the right wing. That play, when he's got his back to the defender, and then turns and consistently beats the defender, is his trademark. And more importantly, that play works every time at home as well, when the the opponent is playing on their half, all defense. It works cause he doesn't need much space for that as he uses his amazing power.

Very good to see a good player recovering from a bad spell. Hope he never goes back to DM, don't think he has the pace for that position, or attitude, it's just not in him.

i believe he comes back in january.

with him playing in new positions, it will be interesting to see where he will play if he does in fact stay.

I hope he stays but knowing Benfica they will do stupid things

I think he'd replace Karagounis well, since they both play attacking mid positions. I hope he gets a place in the squad.

i rather have karyaka though

Agreed. What a waste...

Well gremio lost in the finals of copa libertadores to boca. 5-0 aggregate.

Diego was unlucky not to score in this game hitting the post twice.

Just heads up... Diego is pretty much doing the same in the Brasileiro. A gol per game, amazing performances. Probably, one of the best players in the league right now (if not the best one).

Gremio is 5th, A team only played after losing the final to Boca. Players that were already injured at the boca (but played) match are still out as of today, which includes a midfielder, 2 attackers. Also, C.Eduardo is in the U20 NT. Point is D.Souza is the ONLY player there capable of scoring, the opponents know this but cannot stop him.

Vasco da Gama is apparently interested. They also are interested in Marcel LOL. I totally forgot about that guy. I really don't like signing foreigners but I guess it is all we can hope for after all the English clubs and Spanish teams are always buying our players. We should use these guys to lure some good young players from Brazil

It's not like you need them, so try to get as much cash as possible. Marcel never played well for you and Diego doesn't want to come back.

I just read on Maisfutebol that Gremio are trying to do everything they possibly can to hold onto him.

ya, and he doesnt want to come back like mentioned, which annoys me cause he has been tearing it up in Brazil and could very good for us.

I don't know what is going to happen to this guy. It says Benfica will decide his future, I hope it is done wisely. Heaps of Brazilian clubs are interested and who knows Camacho may want this guy back in Portugal

would like to see him come back, watching some games in when he was in Brazil he looked awesome and good be very good for us, we have to bring him back, or it will be like the karyaka case.

Apparantly we are in the transfer market for a DM so i would rather save money and give diego a try but unfortunatly i dont see that happening.

Diego can play AM too and that could be useful for Rui Costa's departure next season.

I think it would be smart to bring him back, he's worth more than the price they want to pay imo.

Grêmio Look To Keep Hold Of Benfica Midfielder Souza

Brazilian side Grêmio have contacted Benfica with the intention of making Diego Souza's loan move permanent in the New Year.

Souza, 22, has been on loan with the Porto Alegre side since 2006 and was a vital component in the team that reached the final of this year's Copa Libertadores, before eventually losing out to Boca Juniors.

With the loan deal having come to an end on the 31st December, Grêmio are now looking to sign Souza on a permanent basis and have contacted Benfica to sound out the possibility of this happening,

"The proposal to Benfica is made," Grêmio's vice-president of finance, Túlio Macedo, told Placar.

"Now we need to see a reply. We have to wait for that."

It is thought that Benfica will request around €4million for the midfielder, although Grêmio are hopeful that this can be reduced to a fee more within their price range.

If they fail to come to an agreement, then São Paulo and Palmeiras are assumed to be waiting in the wings, having both previously shown an interest in the player.

Souza began his career at Fluminense, where he was sufficiently impressive in his first season to earn a move to Benfica, who had been tracking his progress since the 2001 South American U-17 Championship.

After a successful loan spell with Flamengo, Souza was brought back to Benfica in 2006, but only played two games before starting the loan spell at Grêmio that has just come to a close.

Although Benfica do hold the midfielder in relatively high esteem, it is thought that they are willing to let him leave if he feels his future is best served in his homeland.

i really want him to stay especially since Costa said hes gonna retire at the end of the season souza could be the replacement.

LFV has order Diego to return. but doesnt mean were not gonna try to sell him still

Looks like Diego Souza is off to Palmeiras.

I hope he leaves and we get what we can. This guy has no desire to be here.

dam he would have been perfect for us we could really use him